A staff officer in the headquarters was drinking water from a teacup, and when he heard the adjutant's report, a mouthful of water squirted out, the news was so shocking and unbelievable that even Wu Xiaoliang was choked.

"The news is true."

The adjutant smiled: "Report to the commander, it is absolutely true, the humble post has been verified several times in private." After receiving the telegram translated by the telegrapher, he reacted almost the same as the staff officers in the headquarters, first suspecting that there was a business trip with the telegrapher, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no problem with the telegraph, he suspected that it was a mistake on the part of the front-line command.

The victory came so suddenly, all of a sudden it disrupted Wu Xiaoliang's previous plan, I really didn't expect that the Japanese 11th Division was so vulnerable, it was beaten in just half a day, and even the division commander was killed, this time the Japanese army was embarrassed and thrown to grandma's house, with this defeat, the Japanese will definitely retaliate on a large scale, so this kind of local victory in the early stage is sometimes more worrying.

Although the armored brigade and the 57th Division and the Second Army in the hands of Wu Xiaoliang are elite, they are limited after all, if the Japanese increase their troops to play wheel tactics, then he will undoubtedly be defeated, if Japan chooses the target of retaliation in Shandong, and then kills all the way from Qingdao to Jinan, it is also very possible, because the main force of the Shandong Army is all transferred out of the province, the Jinan garrison is basically a recruit with low combat effectiveness, once the Japanese army marches from Qingdao, the prospects will be extremely unoptimistic, Wu Xiaoliang suddenly appeared that his heart was full of unoptimism about the prospects, and he actually couldn't fight. Neither is it if you don't fight.

Thinking of the end, he simply stopped thinking about it, since the annihilation battle outside Nanjing was fought beautifully, why not fight all the way back to Shanghai, and cooperate with Zhang Zhizhong to completely drive the Japanese into the sea to feed Wang Ba, Wu Xiaoliang returned to the battle map, and planned how to enter the army in his heart.

When the adjutant and the staff officers saw that the commander heard the news that the Japanese army had been completely annihilated, except for the initial surprise, they could not see his excitement at all, which made them feel bored and puzzled, according to Wu Xiaoliang's previous style of acting, if he achieved such a brilliant record, he would inevitably add fuel and vinegar to the propaganda to boost the morale of the people, but this time he actually kept his mouth shut and said nothing, it seemed that he wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner.

"Order the armored brigade to stand by and the 57th Division to pursue and annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army." At this point he looked up at the adjutant and asked:

"Where is the cavalry brigade?"

"I passed Pukou yesterday and is currently on standby."

Wu Xiaoliang high-fived and said: "Great, I ordered all the cavalry brigades to be dispatched, and cooperate with the 57th Division to annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army flowing everywhere, leaving no trouble." After a pause, he continued: "The remnants of the enemy will be cleared within three days, and the 57th Division will march to Shanghai by the Beijing-City Railway to cooperate with the Fifth Army to attack the Japanese army, and the cavalry brigade and armored brigade will be on standby. ”

After a series of orders were issued, he suddenly said: "Bring back the body of the Japanese division commander, I will be useful." ”

The adjutant was dumbfounded, what kind of trouble is the commander, isn't it to do some hanging pole tuning, this is not in line with his style, but Wu Xiaoliang looked stern, and he didn't ask too much, so he had to go out to convey the order.

It's just that the world has always complemented each other, there are victories and there must be defeats, the news that Zhang Zhizhong lost the Songhu defense line came back early the next morning, the Fifth Army fought extremely fiercely, thanks to the arrival of the 57th Division to be able to stabilize the suburbs of the city, no longer rout, but even the headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army in Zhenru fell into the hands of the Japanese army, Zhang Zhizhong retreated in a hurry, all the radio stations and many relevant personnel, were lost and scattered, so there was no time to ask for help from Nanjing, warning.

Zhang Zhizhong's face was full of gunpowder smoke and sweat, and he looked at Li Zejun, the commander of the 57th Division, who arrived in time, with joy and gratitude.

"Brother Qianting is really timely rain, if you come one step later, I am afraid that the Fifth Army will be crushed for thousands of miles and flee back to Nanjing."

Because Wu Xiaoliang had a high opinion of Zhang Zhizhong, Li Zejun had a good impression of him, so he said politely: "Where did the chief say, I don't dare to take it when I am in time, Zejun was ordered by Commander Wu to cooperate with your troops to drive the Japanese army into the sea this time, but looking at the current situation, it is still a little difficult to achieve this goal." ”

Although the words are polite, but the implication is also obvious, Zhang Zhizhong can hear that although Li Zejun has maintained a superficial politeness to himself, but in his heart he actually does not take himself seriously, after all, the proud soldiers and fierce generals are heroes based on their achievements, and defeat is defeat, compared with his 57th Division, the record of the Fifth Army is almost only described in tragic words, nearly half a month of stubborn resistance, the two divisions of the Fifth Army lost more than one-third, but they did their best, and the battle line still retreated step by step, until the Zhenru command was lost.

During the greetings, the adjutant entered the tent that had been temporarily set up as a command headquarters.

"Report to the division commander, the commander is calling."

"Read."

Li Zejun replied expressionlessly.

"Brother Qianting, I just received information that the Japanese mainland has once again reinforced two divisions in Shanghai, and the previous 14th Division is likely to have landed 6 in Shanghai, so be careful, step by step, and attack cautiously."

Li Zejun sent a telegram to his heart, Commander, is this asking me to fight a protracted war, I also called last night to ask for a decisive battle, why has it changed so much today, is there something happening in Nanjing?

Li Zejun really guessed correctly, Jiang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Military Commission of the National Revolutionary Army, arrived in Nanjing by plane and gave instructions on the battlefield deployment to postpone the attack on the Japanese army.

After Jiang Zhongzheng heard the news that the 11th Division of the Japanese Army had been annihilated outside Nanjing and that its division commander had been killed, he was also very stunned; after confirming the accuracy of the news, he immediately realized that this was a very important bargaining chip on the negotiating table, and the reason why he hurried back to Nanjing this time was that he wanted to discuss with several members of the committee what conditions should be put forward to Japan.

Several members of the committee, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Zhang Xueliang are all in various places, and there are actually only Wu Xiaoliang and Chen Mingshu in Nanjing, and Chen Mingshu is the boss of the Guangdong army, fighting with Jiang Zhongzhengming, presumably he will not nod lightly to the strategy proposed by his old Jiang, He Yingqin, who is really in charge of the military and political power, is his right and left hand, and naturally obeys his fate, what he really wants to win over is Wu Xiaoliang, before the crisis in Nanjing, he ordered He Yingqin to appoint him as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and now it seems that it is very necessary under this order, If He presided over the war against Japan, it was very likely that an alliance under the city would be signed, and the prestige of the central government in Nanjing would be greatly reduced.

Before negotiating with Japan, we should first publicize the news of annihilating the Japanese division and killing the division commander......

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